İlkim ŞANEL

Apprentice Attorney

Bio

She completed her LL.B. at Ankara University Faculty of Law between 2020 and 2024, during which she focused on Human Rights Law, the European Convention on Human Rights, and International Criminal Law, and participated in various national and international training and certification programmes in these fields.

Within the framework of the Council of Europe’s HELP Programme, she received training on the right of asylum, the European Convention on Human Rights, and the structure of the European Court of Human Rights. She also attended the Psychology of Criminal Justice programme organised by The University of Queensland, the International Criminal Law and Genocide training delivered under the Summer ELSA Law School, and the Forensic Science and DNA Analysis programme delivered by the University of Cambridge.

Throughout her undergraduate studies, she took an active role in internationally oriented academic and practice-based organisations. She served as President of the Ankara University Faculty of Law Model United Nations Society; worked as an Academic Assistant within the scope of international court simulations; and assumed organisational responsibilities in the Model Courts of Justice programme. In addition, she represented Ankara University in the Intellectual Property Law moot court competition organised by the University of Oxford.

During her LL.B., she completed internships at various law firms. She worked at Uçar Law & Consultancy Office as a student intern between September 2024 and October 2025, and has been continuing her traineeship as a legal intern since October 2025. She has C1-level English proficiency and A2-level German proficiency.